Robbie Maddison unofficially broke the world record for distance jumped on a motorcycle during practice for Red Bull's recent 'New Year. No Limits' event. His official jump however was just short of Ryan Capes' 391-foot record, landing at 378 feet

with his left leg an inch shorter than right, hence the cane.September 8 1974 - Snake River Canyon Idaho Knievel attempted to jump the canyon in his steam powered 350mph Skycycle X2 but the machine fell short, plunging Evel into the river. He escaped

IT'S 35 YEARS since Evel Knievel attempted to jump 13 London buses at Wembley Stadium.Riding a heavy, slow Harley-Davidson XR750, the American daredevil had serious reservations about the jump, admitting the take-off ramp was too short, therefore

 break the world record for distance jumping in a car, at a location in Los Angeles to be announced shortly. 

. The first of the Devils to land will pick up the nearest token and the owner will get a tandem jump with full training shortly afterwards!All proceeds will go to the Help for Heroes armed forces charity.Last year's effort raised over £2000 for Help

HOT RUMOUR from Wall Street today is that Harley-Davidson may be the potential target for a buyer, which has prompted shares to jump 5.7 per cent. "The shares were up and calls are very active on unconfirmed talk that Harley-Davidson might

.I couldn’t have been quicker putting it on, jumping on the bike and going for a ride.It’s a short jacket, so can ride up slightly, and with jeans might leave a slight gap at the back when hugging the tank, but there are side zips on the hips to ‘give’ a

on to headier things, like taking feet and hands off the bars. There's nothing really scary about a table-top jump, because when you under-jump - land short - you just land on the raised plateau, and not into the up-face of another jump. So off Alex and myself

Following Joe Kopp's historic win on a Ducati in AMA flat track, alarms bells have been going off in the heads of many, "Hey why doesn't Nicky Hayden jump on the Duke flat tracker?"Well the guys at the excellent American publication Road Racer X

latest title in the series is being developed by Monumental Games and will deliver all the content from the 2010 MotoGP season, and offer downloadable updates for the 2011 MotoGP World Championship shortly after the season starts.An all new handling